"I knew I wouldn't win the lottery because a black cat crossed my path right after I bought the ticket." What fallacy is being committed in this statement?

a) Ad hominem attack
b) Appeal to authority
c) Appeal to tradition
d) Faulty analogy
e) Faulty cause


ANS: e

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